Thieves Risk Their Lives For Toyota Prius Catalytic Converters

Justice! They deserve it. If i catch anyone but me under my car i will kick the jack from underneath and have bullets ready

This is unreal. Thievery must be the most shameless, outrageous, and thankless job. These "people" must be really desperate, or just morally bankrupt.

It's not just Toyota Prius, but many Hondas as well. Mine was stolen from my 2003 Honda Element in January 2021, in Rodeo, CA. I decided heavy heartedly to give up on the car. I don't need to spend the additional finances to install cages and alarms, so it (maybe) won't happen again. Because they can do this in under a minute. It's aggrevating that if you work so hard, you have your property damaged and/or stolen. So done with this.

Make every scrap metal dealer photograph the face and driver's license of anyone selling a converter and this shit will stop!

Why don't the government just put a stop to the selling of them at the metals places this was it will stop.

Moral of the story is if you can stop them while it's in progress, kick the jack out from underneath the car and crush them while they're underneath it. Or speak to local government about making the scrap metal recycling places accountable....

Here in Sioux Falls, SD, our police have said to call if a person sees legs under a vehicle. Only a couple of the calls were owners.

The police arrested several men from Iowa last week after someone called in they were fishing illegally. They weren't, but in their tote bag, they had four catalytic converters.

One of the muffler and exhaust shops here replaced 6 converters in one day. The owner said prices range from around $300 up to $1200 depending on what damage there is under the car. He showed underneath a car and said these people go under the cars with a hacksaw and don't care what lines they cut on their way to getting the converter out.

I have a deterrent, not failsafe but... using rain gutter down spout 3 feet long, I wired empty tuna cans to the down spout. One on each end and in the middle. You cannot move this without making an obnoxious noise- you can only move it quietly with 4 hands which no one has. Simply straddle park over the device so it is directly under the cat converter. Stupid loud when it is moved, the more you try to move it the more racket it makes. Hope this helps someone...replacement cost me $3k when my 2005 cat was stolen

My CC was stolen last Monday in our driveway àt night. where did the author get the information that priuß drivers are now getting shot and killed? I haven't seen anything about this, but if it's true then we are trading it in.

Since July 2012 Florida has had a restricted metals law. You cannot sell a catalytic converter unless you can prove it is or was yours. There are numerous identifying marks on the cats that will point to whatever car it came from. If you don't have paperwork to prove that it was your car or was once your car, its not being bought at least by the scrupulous recyclers.

Hello everyone.
I am sorry to hear that this crime is affected so many people everywhere.
What can you do to prevent it.
On the toyotas
Fit a security plate only costs about £40 to £50.
This would be the beat soclution.
Chiaper solution is to replace the 14 mm securing bolts with spline bolts or even weld on top of the original bolt heads.
That will prevent thieves from taking your catalyst.
Dont foeget the thieves are after quick in and out they do not want to be under your car for more than 1 minute.
Hope this helps guys
Good luck be safe.

I live in Swindon, UK and a man was recently found dead under a car that he was stealing cc from.

do what I did drop your exhaust down weld 2 ⛓ chains or cables to your converter and bolt the chains ⛓ or cables to the frame of the car. they may steel get it but not without a fight.

The simple solution is just defund and get rid of the police, decriminalize theft then the perps can just kindly tell you they are taking your cat cause they deserve it and you don't. There would be so much peace and love in this world if everyone would just learn to share and realize no one deserves anymore than anyone else.

No surprise that sanctuary cities are the hardest hit. You let swarms of illegals in, you defund the police, you demonize the police (no wonder they won't help you) and the prosecutors refuse to prosecute "low level" crime. YOU REAP WHAT YOU SOW.

Ive already had my cat converter stolen once. Ive now crashed my car, so i sleep in it with a loaded gen 3 glock 19. I dont give a fuck about laws, if i hear someone touching my car, im just gonna shoot em, grab their phone and kill as many people in their contacts list as i can find. Send a message to all the thieves. If youre friends/family with a thief, they are now putting your life in danger too.

So my only question is how do we get this to happen MUCH more frequently? Like every time would be great.

Problem sucks in California too, because legally you can't replace it with a 3rd party unit because "emissions standards", and unfortunately that OEM Toyota unit is going to run you much much more.